UPDATE: Scaramucci has officially been confirmed as White House director of communications. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is now the press secretary, they confirmed during Friday's press briefing. Spicer will be staying on for a few more weeks.

EARLIER: The Times also reported that Spicer told the president appointing Scaramucci was a major mistake.

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Despite the new hire, Spicer was asked by the president to stay on and work at the White House as Scaramucci's subordinate, but the 45-year-old former Republican National Committee staffer rejected the offer.

Spicer had been fulfilling the duties of communications director since the resignation of the last director, Mike Dubke, in May.

Because Scaramucci had not had previous experience working in a similar role in Washington, Spicer figured he would still have to perform many of the duties that should be administered by the communications director, even as a subordinate.